Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Author
Azevedo, C. O.
text
Zootaxa
2003
2003-10-24
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.338.1.1
journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.338.1.1
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Dissomphalus manus
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 44–46
)
Description.
— Male. Body length 4.0 mm; LFW
2.88 mm
. Color: head and mesosoma black; metasoma, clypeus and mandible dark castaneous; antenna, legs and palpi castaneous; wings subhyaline.
Head
: mandible bidentate. Clypeus trapezoidal. First four antennal segments in a ratio of 27:11:10:10, segment XI 1.5 X as long as broad. Frons strongly coriaceous, punctures large, shallow, separated by 0.5–1.5 X their diameters. LH 1.02 X WH; WF 0.59 X WH; 1.24 X HE; OOL 1.17 X WOT; DAO 0.33 X WOT; posterior ocelli distant from the vertex crest 1.67 X DAO, frontal angle of ocellar triangle acute. Vertex slightly straight, corners rounded. VOL 0.5 X HE.
Mesosoma
: thorax strongly coriaceous, with punctated smaller and more distant each other than those of frons. Pronotal disc 0.57 X length of mesoscutum. Propodeal disc 0.6 X as long as wide. Fore femur 3.0 X as long as thick.
Metasoma
: tergite II with pair of very shallow lateral depressions, each one with tubercle flattopped, with pit on the top, with dense tuft of long hairs, tubercles slightly closer to the median line than the lateral margin of tergite II. Hypopygium with median stalk 1.4 X as long as plate, posterior margin straight. Genitalia (
Figs. 44–45
): paramere as long as basiparamere, apex rounded and thin. curved slightly inward, dorsal margin straight and illdeveloped, ventral margin concave above; volsella with cuspis with apex acute, digitus with large basal projection; aedeagus with ventral ramus longer than dorsal body, laminar, surface vertical, angled medially outward, ramus thin with apex wider and rounded in lateral view; dorsal body with two pairs of apical lobes, outer pair angled medially outward, apex with two sharpened teeth directed downward, ventral margin dilated medially (
Fig. 46
), inner pairs stout, membranous and hairy; apodeme extending beyond the elliptical genital ring.
Material examined.
—
Holotype
:
1 male
,
BRAZIL
,
Espírito Santo
,
Cariacica
,
Reserva Biológica de Duas Bocas
,
4.X.1996
, sweeping,
C. O. Azevedo
col. (
UFES
)
.
PARATYPES
:
BRAZIL
,
Espírito Santo
,
3 males
, same data of type, except
4.X.1996
–
6.II.1997
,
Azevedo
&
Santos
col. (
UFES
)
;
Paraná
,
49 males
,
Jundiaí do Sul
,
Monte Verde Farm
,
2 males
, Colombo, Embrapa, Br 476, km 20,
12 males
,
Fênix
,
State Reserve
ITCF
,
1 male
,
São José dos Pinhais
,
Serra do Mar
,
Br
277, km 54
,
5 males
,
Ponta Grossa
,
Vila Velha
,
Reserve
IAPAR,
Br
376,
1.X.1984
–
4.VII.1988
,
Malaise trap
,
Profaupar
survey (
DZUP
)
;
Santa Catarina
,
1 male
,
Nova Teutonia
,
VIII.1963
,
F. Plaumann
col. (
MCZH
)
.
Variation.
— Metasomal tergite II with tuft smaller and hairs less hairy,
two specimens
with the apical margin of outer lobe slightly serrated.
Etymology.
— The specific epithet refers to the shape of ventral ramus and outer lobe of aedeagus, which resembles two joined hands.
Distribution.
—
Brazil
(
Espírito Santo
,
Paraná
,
Santa Catarina
).